Public bug reported:
When you configure a Apple Aluminum keyboard via dpkg-reconfigure gdm
crashes during the start up
at /var/logs/syslog the following appears:
025-11-02T12:58:25.108213+01:00 newmoon systemd[10075]: Reached target
org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Smartcard.target - GNOME smartcard target.
2025-11-02T12:58:25.114246+01:00 newmoon gnome-shell[10284]: xkbcommon: ERROR:
[XKB-661] Couldn't process include statement for 'macintosh_vndr/de(mac)'
2025-11-02T12:58:25.114334+01:00 newmoon gnome-shell[10284]: xkbcommon: ERROR:
[XKB-769] Abandoning symbols file "(unnamed)"
2025-11-02T12:58:25.114362+01:00 newmoon gnome-shell[10284]: xkbcommon: ERROR:
Failed to compile xkb_symbols
2025-11-02T12:58:25.114387+01:00 newmoon gnome-shell[10284]: xkbcommon: ERROR:
Failed to compile keymap
2025-11-02T12:58:25.116658+01:00 newmoon gnome-shell[10284]: xkbcommon: ERROR:
[XKB-661] Couldn't process include statement for 'macintosh_vndr/de(mac)'
2025-11-02T12:58:25.116718+01:00 newmoon gnome-shell[10284]: xkbcommon: ERROR:
[XKB-769] Abandoning symbols file "(unnamed)"
2025-11-02T12:58:25.116765+01:00 newmoon gnome-shell[10284]: xkbcommon: ERROR:
Failed to compile xkb_symbols
2025-11-02T12:58:25.116795+01:00 newmoon gnome-shell[10284]: xkbcommon: ERROR:
Failed to compile keymap
when the keyboard is set back to pc105 gdm starts again:
here my configuration:
support@newmoon:/etc$ cat default/keyboard
# KEYBOARD CONFIGURATION FILE
# Consult the keyboard(5) manual page.
XKBMODEL="pc105"
XKBLAYOUT="de"
XKBVARIANT=""
XKBOPTIONS=""
BACKSPACE="guess"
support@newmoon:/etc$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
Your console font configuration will be updated the next time your system
boots. If you want to update it now, run 'setupcon' from a virtual console.
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Trigger für dracut (108-3ubuntu3) werden verarbeitet ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.17.0-6-generic
support@newmoon:/etc$ cat default/keyboard
# KEYBOARD CONFIGURATION FILE
# Consult the keyboard(5) manual page.
XKBMODEL="applealu_iso"
XKBLAYOUT="de"
XKBVARIANT="mac"
XKBOPTIONS="lv3:lalt_switch"
BACKSPACE="guess"
support@newmoon:/etc$
hopefully this helps other users.
best regards
Franz
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.10
Package: ubiquity (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.17.0-6.6-generic 6.17.1
Uname: Linux 6.17.0-6-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.33.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Nov 2 13:15:53 2025
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.17.0-6-generic
root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv ro quiet splash
crashkernel=2G-4G:320M,4G-32G:512M,32G-64G:1024M,64G-128G:2048M,128G-:4096M
vt.handoff=7
InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-10-26 (7 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 25.10 "Questing Quokka" - Release amd64 (20251007)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, no user)
SHELL=/bin/bash
TERM=xterm-256color
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: ubiquity
Symptom: installation
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug questing wayland-session
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